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makes the moll beautiful and pleafant of ^] 

 Syrups. 



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The Clove Spice Tree, 



CARYOPHYLLUS AROMATICUS. 



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A Beautiful Tree, Native of the warm Countries, 

 •'^ It grows twenty or thirty Feet high, an4 

 very much branched. The Bark is greyifh; the 

 Leaves are like thofe of the Bay-Tree, but twice 

 as large ; they arq of a bright Ihining Green, and 

 Hand upon long Foot-Stalks; the Flowers are 

 not very large, but of a beautiful blue Colour, 

 and the Cups that contain them, sre otior.o- and 

 firm j thefe are the Cloves of th ? Shops. ^Fhey 

 gather them foon after the Flowers are fallen. 

 When they fuffer them to remain longer on the 

 Tree, they grow large, and fwell into a fruit a? 

 big as an Olive. 



The Cloves are excellent againft Diforders of 

 the Head, and of the Stomach ; they are warm, 

 cordial, and ftrengthening •, they expel Wind, 

 and are a good Remedy for the Cholic. The Oil 

 of Cloves is made from thefe by Chymifts -, it 

 cures the Tooth-ach •, a bit of Lint being wetted, 



with it, and laid to the Tooth. 



Co CKL E. 



PSEUDOMELANTHIUM. 



A Tall, upright, and beautiful Plant, wild in ouf 

 ■^^ Corn-Fields with red Flowers, and narrow 

 Leaves. It is t\^'Q Feet high : The Stalk is fmgle, 

 (lender, round, hairy, very firm, and perfectly 

 upright. The Leaves ftand two at a Joint, and 

 are not very numerous : They are long, narrow, 

 hairy, and of a bright green Colour : The Flowers 



ir^nd fmgly one at the Top of each Branch. They 



